Two people charged for having 60 grams of meth during traffic stop in Caldwell County: Sheriff

CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — Two people have been charged after being found with approximately 60 grams of meth during a traffic stop, according to the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office.

On Tuesday, Sept. 10, deputies stopped a vehicle for displaying a fake registration plate. Inside the car was 43-year-old Robert Jason Price and 35-year-old Jessica Nicole Taylor. During the traffic stop, K-9 ‘Pancho’ detected narcotics coming from the vehicle, officials said.

Deputies searched the vehicle and found 52 grams of meth in the backseat, and an additional eight grams on Taylor. According to NC State Drug Guidelines, the meth has an estimated street value of $9,000.

Both were booked into the Caldwell County Detention Center. Documents show Price was booked without bond for two counts of maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance and trafficking methamphetamine, and Taylor was booked under a $50,000 bond for maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance and trafficking methamphetamine.

“We are focusing all resources available to us in finding and arresting high-level drug traffickers. We have a mission and determination. I can guarantee that others will be identified and arrested as well.” Sheriff Kevin H. Bean said.

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